Thursday, December 10, 2015

Here’s the same old “girl posing as a boy” story but with a rock-n-roll twist.

Remy Curran dreams of one day being in a band, except the group she wants to join refuses to hire a girl drummer. So, she auditions as a guy...and makes the cut.

Becoming “Sticks,” a member of Non-Castrato, isn’t quite what she dreamed it would be, though. She spends most of her time keeping up the subterfuge and learning how to walk, talk, act, and drink like a man.

But what’s even harder to deal with is acting oblivious when the band’s heartthrob lead singer, Asher Hart, treats her like one of the guys and not a woman. She never imagined he’d be so much more than a pretty face with a nice voice. But he’s better than perfect. He’s perfect for her.

When love and lies combine, Remy must keep up the act or lose everything. But who knew lying to reach one dream could prevent you from attaining an even bigger dream?

Six Reasons to Love Asher

1 – His voice.

Remy calls it panty-dropping, but I like how he loves to sing songs that challenge his vocal chords and make him put his all into it. I think it’s adorable that he also sings to himself when he’s doing menial tasks like cleaning.

2 – His looks to back that voice up!

But seriously, you gotta love his soft hair. And those teasing green eyes. For a skinny rocker dude, I hear he’s got a decent chest under his shirt too!

3 – His dedication to the band.

He may be more the laid-back, forgetful, unorganized type, but he takes cares of his boys. He sets up all the gigs, makes sure they get paid, he writes all the original songs and music for those songs. He reminds them when and where they need to be to play next, and he does all that without any complaints!

4 – His teasing, flirting ways!

If he knows you’re a good sport and can take a joke, he’ll harass you in the friendliest way possible. I adore the way he interacts with all the other bartenders of the Forbidden Nightclub.

5 - He has a pet squirrel.

Seriously, how could you not like a guy who gets a pet squirrel?! And then his reason for having it, despite how much he really can’t touch it or interact with it like a normal pet, just melts your heart. How did he word that again? Ahh....here’s that quote:

Asher shook his head. “Just because I can’t touch him doesn’t mean he still can’t be taken care of and loved,” he argued. “I swear, those are the souls who need a little TLC the most.”

Excerpt
“Try again, this time with the truth.”
Ari looked at her and just knew that scowl would keep their hatchlings in line when they misbehaved. He scowled back but Hope didn’t back down.
“Because you’re my mate.” There he said it, now to see how she reacted.
Hope was still glaring at him, not softening at all. “How did you know that? You’d never seen me before in your life.” Hope scowled again and Ari’s heart melting. That Hope was aggravated and disbelieved him was okay, she was still locked in his arms and not struggling to get away.
“I knew you were in pain. It’s what sent me and Crag out here. I was desperate to find you. I had no choice.” Ari stared into Hope’s eyes, begging her to believe him.
“Hmm.” Hope narrowed her eyes at him.
Ari could practically feel the wheels in her head turn. Ari watched Hope.
She sat there thinking.
He would wait patiently for her decision.
“You were the one who stole me.”
Ari nodded then shook his head. “I didn’t steal you. I saved you.”
Hope glared at him. “You know how to get back to where you found me?”
Ari slowly nodded his head. “I know how to get back home from there.” Ari froze and tightened his arms around her.
“You’re my mate.”
“I’m human.”
“I’m not letting you go.” Ari’s voice was fierce and he pulled her against him. He ignored his brothers’ eyes on them.
Hope shoved at him, trying to loosen his arms.
Ari didn’t budge. Hope’s face was buried in his chest and he let her anger rise. It was a flush of heat over his senses.
Hope turned her head and bit him.

Bio:

Beverly Ovalle dabbled with writing on and off for years when her best friend finally dared her to submit a story to a writing contest. Beverly decided she had nothing to lose and since she’d always wanted to be an author sent it in and agonized for months waiting to hear back. Contract in hand she has never looked back.

Beverly has been obsessed with dragons and romance since she was a young girl, collecting dragon books and reading everything she could find on them even down to the care of real life dragons. She’s always been slightly panicked that the world as we know it will end, so has prepped for it, haunting survivalist pages and prepper projects she felt she needed in the event SHTF.

An avid fan of all romance, Beverly’s goal is to share her love of the written word and write the hot and erotic romances that she enjoys. She writes what she loves to read and it was only a matter of time before her obsessions crept into her writing for her to share. She hopes you enjoy her tales as much as she loves writing them.

A Navy Veteran, Beverly has traveled around the world and the United States enabling her to bring her settings to life, meeting and marrying her husband of twenty five years along the way for her own romance. Reading romances since the fourth grade she’s followed as the genre changed and spread into the vast cornucopia of romance offered today.

Friday, December 4, 2015

VIRGINNIA DE PARTE has republished her popular Sci.Fi/Paranormal Romances as two anthologies. They had many great reviews but these were lost when Secret Cravings Publishing closed.
Although books 1 – 4 have some sex scenes book 5 is a sweet romance.

Volume One of The Future Movers Series has three books:
Love’s Bright Star
Book One
Siobhan, a g-alter with cat genes, is rescued from a nightclub attack by James Corban, mathematician and time-stopper. These two genetically altered people are attracted to each other but have to learn to trust another person. Siobhan breaks James’ trust with dire consequences and he needs to find a way to protect her and their child. This involves abandoning Siobhan temporarily to divert the Defense Department’s. He has to stop time again to meet with her and again in a life-changing moment for both of them when the safety of all three of them is at risk. Their romance has great highs and lows and is the beginning of The Future Movers series.

Love’s Red Heart
Book Two
While on holiday in the Red Desert of Australia Jillian Corban meet Dr. Michael Scott. Although attracted to each other he rejects her because of a promise he has made to his grandmother – not because she has chameleon genes. He later asks for her assistance with his research among the Aborigines. Jill has to weigh her wounded pride against her nursing training and ideals. Together they work their magic and try to keep out of the clutches of the Defense Department who are always looking to conscript genetically altered citizens who have talents useful to the safety of the country.
Follow them though the heat of the Red Desert and see if love can overcome promises and prejudices.

A Talent for Loving
Book Three
Talents come in many guises.
William and Belinda, two genetically altered individuals meet years after leaving the government-rearing nursery for genetically altered infants. Their late development allowed them to escape a life devoted to the government's defense departments. If their skills are now discovered they are in danger of conscription by the government.
William, whose talent is to move through space between locations in the blink of an eye, has devoted his life to protecting other ex-nursery adults. Belinda occasionally uses her talent, lifting objects of great weight with her thoughts. Their meeting leads to love and a raft of problems both struggle to overcome.
Can they trust each other enough to allow love to bloom? Can they risk the renewed attention of the Defense Department? A Talent for Loving explores an alternate reality and discovers the one talent neither Belinda nor William can control - love.

Volume Two of The Future Movers Series has two books”
A STELLAR AFFAIR
Book Four
Stella Corban’s choice is hard - fall in love and endanger her genetically altered family, or lose the one man who makes her heart joyful. For three generations they have avoided the notice of the Department of Defense and its compulsory conscription, but Matt’s acquaintance with the Minister of Defense frightens Stella into avoiding any further contact with him.
Matt Saunders is not a man to be thwarted. He knows Stella is the woman he wants, and he pursues her from the outback to the city and beyond.
The battle between protecting her family and attaining her heart’s desire turns Stella’s world upside down. Would discovering her talents shatter Matt’s passion? Can he be relied on to keep a secret? Can she risk her safety and the whole family’s security by falling in love, or will a life-threatening event remove any choice she had?

Romancing the Memory Collector
Book Five
KATE BENTLEY, is short-sighted but too vain to wear glasses. When she is tossed backward by the up-escalator at Sydney Airport she is rescued by THOMAS WINTERS. She falls for his kindness and melted-chocolate voice and doesn’t notice his lined face or the double-chins caused by his blood-hound genes.
For Thomas, single and lonely, meeting Kate is the chance of a lifetime. Shy and hesitant, Thomas courts her with gentle determination. When he discovers she can see memory bubbles and collects them to return to her father’s failing mind he suspects she could be g-altered. He asks his old friend WILLIAM CORBAN to investigate.
Their romance falters when Thomas adopts SUZIE, a genetically-altered child from the “Nursery” where he grew up. A misunderstanding on Kate’s part sees her cut Thomas from her life, but when her father, COLIIN BENTLEY, wanders from the house she turns to Thomas, and his dog Buster, for help. Colin is eventually found with the assistance of Thomas’ genetically-altered friends.
Kate realizes her future is tied to this gentle man who has won her heart - but has she left it too late?

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

I would like to welcome Jean Joachim, the multi-published author of the First &Ten Series (Football Romance), Contemporary, and Military Romances. If that's not enough, she also writes Romantic Suspense and Sweet Romances. Boy, do I feel like a slacker! All kidding aside, Jean is here today to introduce us to two of her books and the hunky football players who excite our lives with their stories. Ever wonder or dream about what type of lives these professional football players live? I know I do and getting to know these characters gives us just a bit of taste of what it would be like to live in their world.

GRIFF MONTGOMERY, QUARTERBACK

20 QUESTION QUIZ

1. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate, or course. 2. Airplane or train? Train, I take too many planes. 3. Walking or driving? Driving. 4. Red or Blue? Blue, a boy color.

Sunday, November 29, 2015

http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Got-Secrets-Forbidden-Book-ebook/dp/B017KWZPPU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1448807179&sr=1-1&keywords=linda+kageBook BlurbHere’s the same old “girl posing as a boy” story but with a rock-n-roll twist. Remy Curran dreams of one day being in a band, except the group she wants to join refuses to hire a girl drummer. So, she auditions as a guy...and makes the cut. Becoming “Sticks,” a member of Non-Castrato, isn’t quite what she dreamed it would be, though. She spends most of her time keeping up the subterfuge and learning how to walk, talk, act, and drink like a man. But what’s even harder to deal with is acting oblivious when the band’s heartthrob lead singer, Asher Hart, treats her like one of the guys and not a woman. She never imagined he’d be so much more than a pretty face with a nice voice. But he’s better than perfect. He’s perfect for her. When love and lies combine, Remy must keep up the act or lose everything. But who knew lying to reach one dream could prevent you from attaining an even bigger dream?

Six Reasons to Love Asher

1 – His voice.

Remy calls it panty-dropping, but I like how he loves to sing songs that challenge his vocal chords and make him put his all into it. I think it’s adorable that he also sings to himself when he’s doing menial tasks like cleaning.

2 – His looks to back that voice up!

But seriously, you gotta love his soft hair. And those teasing green eyes. For a skinny rocker dude, I hear he’s got a decent chest under his shirt too!

3 – His dedication to the band.

He may be more the laid-back, forgetful, unorganized type, but he takes cares of his boys. He sets up all the gigs, makes sure they get paid, he writes all the original songs and music for those songs. He reminds them when and where they need to be to play next, and he does all that without any complaints!

4 – His teasing, flirting ways!

If he knows you’re a good sport and can take a joke, he’ll harass you in the friendliest way possible. I adore the way he interacts with all the other bartenders of the Forbidden Nightclub.

5 - He has a pet squirrel.

Seriously, how could you not like a guy who gets a pet squirrel?! And then his reason for having it, despite how much he really can’t touch it or interact with it like a normal pet, just melts your heart. How did he word that again? Ahh....here’s that quote:

Asher shook his head. “Just because I can’t touch him doesn’t mean he still can’t be taken care of and loved,” he argued. “I swear, those are the souls who need a little TLC the most.”

Friday, October 2, 2015

Back in 2011, when I first searched for a home for my first book, Fated Mates, I researched many publishing companies. I submitted to four companies. Immediately, one sent me a rejection letter. They were the first company to go bankrupt. I know many of the authors who published books from them who never received their money or their book rights back. What a horrible situation! I dodged that bullet.

The second publisher made me go through numerous, and I do mean numerous rewrites. I thought for sure they would be contracting my story. Then all of a sudden, the editor that kept requesting the rewrites disappeared. So upon inquiring about my submission, I received a terse e-mail from another editor who didn't like my story at all. She didn't think the story was written well enough to "become part of their family." Within a year, this company too went out of business.

The third publisher, the mack daddy of all e-publishers at the time, no responded to my query. I actually was extremely disappointed with this because they were the company that first introduced me to erotic romance. I fell in love with it. When I sent them a letter withdrawing my story, I received a very nice e-mail from a "higher up" in the company express their sadness that they would not have the opportunity to possibly work with me. Not that I think my story was read, in actually it probably was in an editor's sludge pile somewhere but I thought it was very nice of them. Now this company is having major problems which saddens me greatly for the authors and what could have been.

The fourth publisher, the one who finally contracted my story and three subsequent stories closed their doors on September 1st. I'm luckier than most because my former publisher who is an author herself, reverted all of the publishing rights back to her authors. This shows great integrity that she thought of her authors first. She could have just folded up shop and left us all flapping in the breeze but she didn't!

So where does that leave a homeless author now? I could have submitted my stories to other publishers. But in all honesty, I'm a bit leery of publishing houses right now. I might not find another one who would give me back my rights to my books if they went out of business. The only viable option for me was to self-publish my books. Let's see where this roller coaster ride takes me.

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About Me

Writing has always been part of my life. As the oldest of four, I would write stories and plays to amuse my younger siblings. At the age of thirteen, I was published in the school paper. It was a narrative about a talking squirrel. In high school, I graduated into writing "fan fiction" where my favorite movie stars were the stars. I would read them to my friends at lunch. I was never seen without a notebook in my hand for my writing.

I always am thinking up stories in my head, so it was a natural progression to start putting them on paper. My dream of becoming a published author came true with the publication of my first novella Fated Mates!

I live in Rhode Island with my wonderful husband, who the minute he walked through the door of Friendly's Ice Cream, I knew I would marry him. We share our little house with two crazy cats who think they share their house with us!